Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-06-18
TUR QSh BATHS AND BEAUTY.
The AT of dancing All Night and Go
ing Home Fresh In the Morning.

Ing Home Fresh in the Morning.
Ladies III New York are getting more
and more into the way Of resorting 10 the
Turkish bath as n means of restoring
color 10 the cheeks and brightness to the
eyes after 4 night Of dissipation Emuw
Il girl whose complexion Is Of the cleareSt,
but who has left the ballroom many a
time as early as 3 o'clock. So fearful is
she Of inlnring her greatest charm. She
heard of the Turkish bath. and therefore
risked dancing until } and after the other
morning. From the ballroom she went
directly 10 the bathing establishment
feeling aS if the entire world saw her in
famed eyes and sunken cheeks. From
the Office she was conducted 10 box of a
room about rs large as a section i'll a
sleeping car When my friend had r-
moved her garments she was led into an
iron walled room, where the air was so
hot that the perspiratiOn started at once
from every pore. She was told to sit
down-there Were several chairs for the
purpoSe-and to wait until called for
The heat was surprisingly great, but after
moment il produced that languid feel
ing that is perfectly delicious 10 a tired
body. The attendant returned shortly
and bound wet towel about the new
customers head. 1t began TO steam
almost Immediately. Five minutes of
this and IT became uncomfortable, ten
torture, fifteen frightful and the last five
Of the twenty minutes We're simply i'm
measurable suffering. Then a strong,
motherly looking woman came in. She
had on a loose gown that had no sleeves
and fell only TO the knees
How long must stay heres'' ex-
claimed the suffering customer.
The attendant ran her hand along the
dear girls back and limbs, and said:
You seem 10 have sweated pretty
well; guess you can come along now"
They went into a room adjoining. II
was nearly as hot as the first There was
a table in it on which the parboiled girl
was requested to lie down. Then the stall
wart attendant went at her in a hammer
and tongs style. She rubbed and scrubbed
and llthered her for several minutes, and
scraped her with a brush. and kneaded
her flesh until it seemed as if her very
bones must have felt the cleansing effect
of the operation. The attendant was
putting and blowing from the exertion
when she tCld the customer to sit up and
went TO hose that lay innocently coiled
up at one end Of the room. Without more
than sit still now, please" she began
to play cooling stream Of water on the
lathered and glowing girl The word
cooling is used advisedly, for as it played
It rapidly grew chilly, and presently the
dear girl was spluttering q helpless plea
for change. The contrast with the ill.,
tense heat she had endured was tremen-
dous. The attendant dropped the hose
when she thought best, but before the
poor innocent customer could rejoice at
the relief she was being pounded with the
icy cold blows of a shower bath. 1t was
agony itself, and it seemed IA if every inch
of her gllstening cuticle were being over
laid with pricking icicles. But this, too,
had IT'S end, and the novice was all but
crying with WEAKNESS and torture when
the attendant led her into another room
and began to dry her. When the water
had been entirely removed from her body,
she was wrapped in blanket and taken
10 her room.
''How long will you sleep" asked the
attendant.
Why, don't want to sleep at al, ~ re-
Piled the customer IL want to go home ~
But she was told she would have to lie |
there while any way, and that she would
surely fall asleep, So she would better say
when She wanted TO get up. She nam, d
her hour and WAS tucked up In her bunk, |
She was still perspiring. and in two
minutes was sound asleep She wa.
awakened promptly, and her eyes feeling
heavy and her body weary, was told &c
get into tank of water sunk in the fiooI
of still another room, into which she had
been led. The water was chilly and she
was glad to get out Of il hastily. 1t was
the last torture. She was rubbed with
alcohol 10 prevent her from taking cold
and then permitted to dress When the
dear gnl got home it was just her time
for breakfast. She slipped into the house
unobserved and promptly appeared in the
dining room, feeling as bright and vigur
Gus as if she had had full night s sleep
and betraying not the slightest sign of her
dissipation. Enquirer.